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Assassination Records Review Board
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(202) 724-0088 + Fax: (202) 724-0457

January 28, 1997

Mr. John Pereira

Director

Historical Review Group

Center for the Study of Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505

Re: Request for Additional Information and Records No. CIA-16
(Oswald Pre-Assassination Files)

Dear John:

- Under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, 44
U.S.C. § 2107 (Supp. V 1994), the Review Board has the authority to “directa -
Government office to . . . investigate the facts surrounding, additional information [and]
records ....” Section ONIN CHU). Pursuant to this authority, the Review Board is
seeking to resolve in a complete and comprehensive manner certain questions related to
files on Lee Harvey Oswald that CIA may have held prior to the assassination of
President Kennedy. Accordingly, we request that CIA provide complete and |
comprehensive answers to the questions identified below.

On May 12, 1992, Director Robert M. Gates testified to the Senate Committee on
Governmental Affairs regarding CIA’s records on Oswald prior to the assassination.

- Mr. Gates testified that “[p]rior to President Kennedy’‘s assassination, CIA held only a
small file on Lee Harvey Oswald that consisted of 34 documents amounting to 124
pages..... ” (The Assassination Materials Disclosure Act of 1972: Hearing Before the
Committee on Governmental Affairs, 100th Cong., 2d Sess. 52 (1992) (emphasis added)
(copy enclosed). It is the Review Board's current understanding, however, that at the
time of the assassination, CIA held at least three separate files (including soft files) on
Lee Harvey Oswald: a 201 file (201-289248), an HTLINGUAL file, and an Office of

Boarp Memeers: John R. Tunheim, Chair « Henry F. Graff - Kermit L. Hall» William) L. Joyce « Anna K. Nelson
Executive Director: David G. Marwell

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Mr. John Pereira:
January 28, 1997
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Security file.’ We have identified references to one or more other possible Oswald files
including possible soft files designated as follows: CI/SI, CI/SIG, CI/LSN, and
CS/LSN. ;

1. Please identify, as specifically as possible, each file held by CIA on Oswald
at the time of the assassination of President Kennedy.

2. Other than for the 201-289248 file on Oswald, please explain when each
Oswald file was opened, the purpose for the opening of the file, and the
documents that were in the file at the time of the assassination.

3. For the 201-289248 file on Oswald, please identify which records (and the
total number that) were in the file at the time of the assassination.

4. To the extent that Counterintelligence and the Office of Security
maintained pre-assassination files on Oswald, please explain why those
offices maintained files on Oswald prior to the assassination. In
answering this question, please make appropriate references to the
Clandestine Services Handbook (CSHB) and to any other materials
(including organizational charts) that would help explain the -
jurisdictional and organization reasons for which CI and OS would have
maintained such files.

For each question, please explain the basis for the answer and the sources (records or
persons) whom you consulted to answer the question. To the extent that you are not
able to answer a question completely, please so indicate and provide the best reasonable
answer. If, during the course of your research, you learn that any record relating to a
pre-assassination file or record has been destroyed, please provide us with all available
information related to the destruction of the records or files. ‘

These queries should be interpreted in their broadest reasonable sense. To the extent
that you question whether certain responses may be within the scope of our request,
please let us know and we can advise you whether we would wish to include it. We
anticipate that the responses to these questions will be referenced in CIA’s Final
Compliance Statement.

‘One Office of Security file on Oswald (or relating to Oswald) may have been
numbered 351-164. In addition, Margaret Stevens may have held an Office of Security
“MS-” file on Oswald.

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Mr. John Pereira
January 28, 1997
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We request that you make this information available to us by February 24, 1997. If this
does not provide you with sufficient time, please let us know, in writing, by what date
you believe you will be able to answer the questions fully. _

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,

David G. Marwell

Executive Director

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Enclosure

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THE ASSASSINATION MATERIALS DISCLOSURE ACT
OF 1992

HEARING

COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS

S. J. RES. 282

TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPEDITIOUS DISCLOSURE OF RECE RDS
RELEVANT TO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOPIN FORENNE SY

MAY 12, lag

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denied, you say postponed. I am curious as to how long the post-
ponement will be. Will it be until the national security or privacy
are no longer threatened? Do we want'to require a mandatory
review every two years? ;

Going along, some of the language is fairly broad. We had the
exchange here a few moments ago about. an intelligence agent.
Then there is another section that gives us an exception—‘‘an in-
telligence method which is currently utilized, or reasonably expect-

”

ed to be utilized.
The one that troubles me most, although I know there is a

reason for it, but I just am concerned about the doors it may open,
is “... an invasion of privacy of a living person, whether that
person is identified in the material or not.” I am concerned about
that being used ‘as a ground for requesting postponement of disclo-
sure. ; ;
So I think, consistent with all that you have said here, I hope
that you will give us the benefit of your second look at that Section
6 of this proposed Act.
_ Chairman Gurnn. Thank you.
_ Senator Cohen? =
‘ Senator Conmn. No further questions. oo a
. Chairman Gienn. Good. Thank you very much: We may have ad-

ditional. questions. It-has been .a-long session this morning here,
and we have additional questions from other members or questions
after we review. We would appreciate an early reply so it could be
included in the record. Thank you very much. We appreciate.

‘Mr. Stoxzs. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Senator Specrer. Thank you very much.

‘Chairman GLENN. The next panel is the Honorable Robert-Gates,

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the: Honorable
William Sessions, Director of the FBI, Gentlemen, you have been
very patient here this: morning. I know we had told you you would
be on by about 10:00 here. We are about an hour late on that, or a
little over. We appreciate your forbearance ‘this morning. We look
forward to your testimony this morning... ~~

Mr. Gates, if you would lead off, we would appreciate it very
much, . .

, TESTIMONY OF THE HON. ROBERT M. GATES, DIRECTOR,
.. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENC’

Mr. Gates. Thank you, Mr: Chairman, Mr: Chairman, I am here : :

today at your request to provide my views on S: J. Res. 282, the
Assassination Materials Disclosure, Act of 1992, and to describe the
nature of the documents held by the Central Intelligence Agency
that relate to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

_ Senator Sasser. Mr. Chairman, I wonder if the Director could | a

pull the mike just a little bit closer? Thank you.

Mr. Gates. I very much appreciate the opportunity to speak on
this important matter. :

Let me begin by stating that I am in complete ement with
the purpose underlying the joint resolution, that efforts should be
made to declassify and make available to the public as quickly as
possible Government documents relating to the assassination of

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Vi * *

en before the introduction of this joint qusclution, I recognized

’ ocuments i i

new unit within CIA i is o, I announced the establishment’ ‘of 5

many historical documents 2} Os ible’ comers wor declassifying as

ton of inteligonce sours ay Posi, consent with the praien
unt - ie Histo ical ie i

Ce rical Review G ,

sta ort Stay of Tnteligenc wl ari te ABC
years old or older and national intelligence estinntn

_ In addition ‘to the i
ew, 3 ue systematic review of 30-year-old doc
lige ip a the history staff in the Center for i eeoge of Inte.
i importance inno ’ icular events of
Kennedy. istorical. Revi the ; xamin
Kennedy. The Hite | Review Group waaeeina fnation of . President
Been RipETpoee of declassifying the records, . ® the doc.
: interest in the Fapers, J am net waiting for
- The Historical Review G my direction, al
ae -begun its review of the documents related se: pains
; it Bue of freee records, including all ¢ documents nat ies
with quite minimal deletions and is being “eran Pees erlase Ne

documents, our al wi

pou ; goal will be to release as i

histeently approved a new CIA declassif fication eee foe a

fist 1 ran s . * .

ing ao of ne Hesitation, I believe we can be eed Presumy an

intruced the Histo jents available to the public, and I have

. 3 Spirit, the Agency | i uke iely

these we ! gency today. will make publi i

Te nde Stand res for historical review and decta ssifietpeuable

ine ¢ 2 cements for dec assification, it is important to place th

ssceination 7p The | c TA s Recetion of documents related to the
000 to 300,000 Pages of material. This Inclates, t boweely

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Unfortunately, and for reasons that'I do not know, what we are
dealing with is a mass of material that is not indexed, is uncatalo-
all of which makes the review
process more cult. The material contains everything from the
most. sensitive intelligence sources to the most mundane news clip-

pings.

; These records include documents that CIA-had in’ its files before
the assassination, a large number of records that CIA received
later as routine disseminations from other agencies, as well as the
reports, correspondence, and other papers that CIA prepared in the
course of the assassination investigations. I should emphasize that
these records were assembled into the present collection as a result
of specific inquiries received from the
House Select Committee on Assassinations. .

Prior to President Kennedy’s assassination, CIA held only a
small file on Lee Harvey Oswald that consisted of 34 documents
amounting to 124 pages, some of which originated with the FBI,
the State Department, the Navy, and newspaper clippings. Only 11
of these documents originated within CIA. I have brought along a
copy of Oswald's file as it existed before che assassination so that
you can see firsthand how slender it was at the time. As I have
already noted, we have declassified the CLA documents in this file
with quite minimal deletions and we are providing them to the Na-
tional Archives. ;

The records in this file dealt with Oswald’s defection to the
Soviet Union in 1959 and his activities after his return in 1962. By
contrast, it was only after the assassination that CIA accumulated
the rest of the material on Oswald, some 33,000 pages, most of
which CIA received from other agencies after November 22, 1963.

The Committee*has asked about documents in our possession
generated by other agencies. In fact, much of the material held by

TA originated with other agencies or departments. For example,
in the 17 boxes of Oswald records, approximately 40 percent of the
documents originated with the FBI and about 20 percent originated :
from the State-Departmenit or elsewhere.

Our staff is still going through the:material compiled at the re-
quest of the Warren Commission and the House Select Committee
on Assassinations, which includes 63.boxes of paper ‘records and
one box that contains:78 reels of microfilm. The microfilms, in
part, overlap material in other parts of the collection. "We estimate
that within the 68 boxes of paper records, approximately 27 per-
cent originated with a variety of other: U.S::Government agencies,
private organizations, arid foreign and American press. :

Although our documents do include many documents from other
agencies, we nonetheless have a substantial collection of CIA docu-
ments that will require considerable effort to review, and as I said
earlier, at my direction, this review for’ declassification is now un-

erway. D Ts v

A preliminary survey of these files has provided us some indica-
tions of what they contain, Although the records cover a wide vari-
ety of topics, they principally focus on CIA activities concerning
‘Cuba and Castro, Oswald's defection to the Soviet Union, and Os-
wald’s subsequent activities in Mexico City and New Orleans. The
also include a large number of name traces requested by the s'

Warren Commission or the -

. individuals who Provided us intelligence inf

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of the House Select Commi
rial relati mumittee on Assassinati
fig, SHE "othe Garrison investigation and Cuben ext athe
e CIA ease a’ /
cause of the timits fe th Prvae oe of documents unilaterally b
erican citizens against wae yct, Which Protect the names of
tion of many documents by the Hever Seles ours, the soquestra-
nations, and th se Select Committe i
cies other than eect that many of the documents belong to agen.
Owever, we have alread ,
to sf ! ready taken ste i F
te coordinate with other agencies, and ‘to fe lire the privess age

the H essary, in the absence of lecislat; ‘
lease the 1 Representatives for a resolution permitting cra toa
documenta, eclassification effort on the sequestered
© l expect a large am
under o ount of the materi ;
cannot be relecsel a assume that there will be eee deel onmted
Pevacy concerns or The grt, 8 varaty of reasono, including
. Let ; re of intellige: ,
Sg Vt me take & moment to give an exarile fs eye

During the investigat;
sassinations, I undeeey by the House Select Committee on As-

rea i t security and pe
ested on a number of CIA employees. These” files cones fit.
dical evaluati j
CIA oe evaluations, and
me . icers.
estion of who killed President Kennedy, theseee nd efevant to the
mal ,

uments, I Ip ues! i

ofthis information cope eat the ppnat to the pubic of dacasins
° ¥ . ec 7 a :

viduals in keeping the informa tion confitentey interest of the indi-

atory informati erns exist with documents containi

f pescnformation on particular individuals where oe i eres

of confidentiality. W.
such @ promise € would not dis ir names i
public, the Ageney ei we cannot disclose such information sot °
mation in ont o. make redactions and summari the 0. the
tion. is released, while we that the maximum amount of informe.
privacy of an individual, Protecting the identity of an agent or
Jegislation is -not.
President regarding Passed by the Co sign
d vide reass the JFK papers, to enhance nate po the
lurance that CIA ‘has not held back iene

have redacted ists, to exami
fied public report on gio eaited. They would then issu

6. effort: i
ssnssination of Presdoat Kemmery Ci ecumentselating tothe
aunting. it i
Bor rea prope aud am commitied to taking ie ier
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history staff and to form the Historical Review Group that will
review the JFK documents and other documents of historical inter-

est.

I believe these actions attest to the seriousness of.our intent to
getting these papers declassified and released, and to open what re-
mains classified to outside non-governmental review. It is against
this background that in response to the Committee’s request, I cite
our few technical reservations about the mechanism established by
the joint resolution to achieve this same result. I intend to address
only intelligence community concerns. I will defer to the Depart-
ment of Justice on any additional problems posed by the joint reso-
ution. = .

First, vesting in an outside body the determination as to whether
CIA materials’ related to the assassination can be released to the
public is inconsistent with my own statutory responsibility for the
protection of intelligence sources and methods...

Second, I am concerned that the joint resolution contains no pro-
vision requiring security clearances or secure document handling
by the assassination materials review board or its staff.

Third, I am concerned that the joint resolution does not provide
the Agency with the opportunity to object to the release of CIA in-
formation contained in documents originated by Congress or the
Warren -Commission. Under the joint resolution, documents origi-
nated by these entities can be released directly by the executive di-
rector of the assassination materials review board without any
review by the President or other Executive Branch agencies.

Fourth, the joint resolution provision for a 30-day period for
agencies or departments to appeal decisions by the executive direc-
tor to release information may not provide sufficient time for
meaningful review of what could prove to be a large volume of ma-
terial at one time. oe oe

Fifth, and finally, Section 6 of the joint resolution, which. out-
lines the grounds for postponement of public release of a document,
makes no provision for postponing release. of documents that may
contain Executive privilege or deliberative process, attorney-client,
or attorney work product information. ile such privileges could
be waived in the public interest and, in fact, are not likely to arise
with respect to factual information directly related to the JFK as-
sassination, they would be unavailable under the joint resolution in
the rare case they might be needed.

These are the technical problems that I believe can be solved and
that will, in fact, expedite the release of documents bearing on the
assassination of President Kennedy. But, again, whatever the
future course of this legislation, CIA is proceeding even now to
review for declassification the relevant documents under its con-
trol. Further, we will cooperate fully with any mechanism estab-
lished by the Congress and the President to declassify all of this
material.

Mr. Chairman, let me close with a comment on why I am person-
ally committed to getting these documents out. Like all Americans
old enough to remember that terrible day in 1963, and as several
members of the Committee have alluded to, I also remember where
I was and what I was doing.

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I was a college student at William and Mary, and I -
ber how the word spread-like wild fire between classes of that | hor.
rible event. I made my way to Washington that weekend and stood
at: the intersection of Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues,

where I waited for hours to ; ,
will never forget it. “oN the President's funeral cortege. I

I entered public service less than three ears later. i
President Kennedy's inaugural call, a call I think many ia my gern
eration heard. ‘He said then, “Now, the trumpet summons us again,
pot as a call to bear. arms, though arms we need, not as a call to

al e, though in battle we are, but as a call to bear the burden of

a ong. twilight struggle, year in and year out, rejoicing in hope, pa-
tient in tribulation, a struggle against the common enemies of
man—tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.”

r ‘man, the only thing more horrifying to me than the
2 . ‘. s cx 2 . as-
sassination itself is the insidious, perverse notion that elements of

the American Government, that m i

t 3 y own Agency, had some part

it I am determined personally to make mane or to expose to disin-

fprest eyes every relevant scrap of paper in CIA’s possession, in
e hope of helping to dispel this corrosive suspicion. With or with-

out legislation, I intend to proceed. I believe I owe that to his

PREPARED STATEMENT oF Mr.-GATES

Mr. Chairman, I am here today at your i i
. » | am a ‘our request to provide my views on S. J. Res.
mature ed seessination Materials Disclosure Act of 1992,” and to describe the
ode focuments held by the CIA that, relate to the assassination of John F.
mater . ry appreciate the opportunity to speak on this important
t me begin by stating that I am in complete i
] t t agreement with th -
lying the Ja joint resol jution—that efforts should be made to declassify and make wen.
sastination of Jol Fe Kenaedy. We hone weet oe oo aments relating to the as:
a and, ‘mportnn ' me . opening up and gi journalists,
historians and, 1 t public access to i
fo eselve « questions that still Linger o over 28 years after the assassination Pome!
do with the mau or of John F Rennede’ it the theory that CIA had anything to
r Ore introduction of this joint resolution, I recogni
Forel te lea Saree nia, vy Soe ah oe
C , wi at will be res ible f
doclassifying as many historical documents as possible consistent with the "protec.
. nce sources and methods. This new unit, the Historical Review
heen a ame 8 Center for the Study of Intelli nce, will review for declassi-
former Soviet Union t ore 1 yer and aia Per ie the aa satis
review of 80-year-old documents, Ihave directed the ‘Histo Stan tn the Conmenntic
nts, taff in th
the Stud: Fad Intelligence to assemble CIA records focusing on particular events OF
histo rial i ed he ce jncluding the assassination of President Kennedy. The Histor-
the woview en examine the documents for the purpose of declassifying _

Because of high interest in the JFK iti i
of he Papers, I am not waiting for | i

Se ae a ceining caren boogng wo Ca, The ar
ed to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and I am vlog $0 ooo ments relat-
: an F, , lad to report that the first
group of these records, including all CIA documents on e Ha: y ald prior t

nese , L i rvey Oswald
fhe 8 sesass jessination, has been lassified with quite minimal deletions and eT being
° fo e National Archives for release to the public. This is, I acknowl-
, 4 small fraction of what we have, but it is an earnest of my commitment to

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begin review for declassification immediately of this material. And, indeed, as I
speak, the reviewers are going through a substantial number of documents, and I
anticipate that many of these will be released shortly.

As we carry out our program, to declassify Kennedy assassination documents, our
goal will be to release as many as ible. In fact, I recently approved a new CIA

leclassification guideline for our torical Review Program which specifically. di-
rects a presumption in favor of declassification. I believe we can be very forward
leaning in making these documents available to the public, and I have instructed
the Historical Review Group to take this attitude to heart.

To understand the magnitude of the effort involved in reviewing these documents
for declassification, it is important to place them in some context. The CIA's collec-
tion of documents related to the assassination of President Kennedy consists of ap-
proximately 250,000-800,000 pages of material. This includes 64 boxes of copies and
originals of information provided to the Warren Commission and the House Select
Committee on Assassinations and 17 boxes of material on Lee Harvey Oswald accu-
mulated after President Kennedy's assassination. Unfortunately, and for reasons
that I do not know, what we are dealing with is a mass of material that is not in-

lexed, is uncatalogued, and is highly disorg: of which makes the review
process more difficult. The material contains everything from the most sensitive in-
telligence sources to the most mundane news clippings. ;

These records include documents that CIA had in its files before the assassina-
tion, a large number of records that CIA received later as routine disseminations
from other agencies, as well as the reports, correspondence, and other papers that
CIA prepared in the course of, fhe assassination investigations. 1 should emphasize
that these records were assembled into the present collection as a result of specific
inquiries received from the Warren Commission or the House Select Committee on
Assassinations. I have pre} a chart that illustrates this point.

As you can see, prior to ident Ke '3 assassination, CLA held only a small
Rage Beene oF ely anata ah the Fon, Btses Dererenn tre Nova, and
pages), some of which originated wi e , en! e Navy, an

ted with the CIA. I have brought
along a copy of Oswald’s file as it existed before the assassination so that you can
see first-hand how slender it was at the time. As I have already noted, we have de-
classified the CIA documents in this file with quite minimal deletions, and we are
providing them to the National Archives. The records in this file dealt with Os-
wald’s defection to the Soviet Union in 1959 and his activities after his return in

1961, By contrast, it.was only after the assassination that CIA accumulated the rest
of the material-on Oswald—some 33,000 pages—most of which CIA received from
other agencies after November 22,1968. : .

You have asked about documents in our possession generated by other agencies.
In fact, much of the material held by CIA ori with other agencies or depart-
ments. For example, in the 17 boxes of Oswald records, approximately 40 percent of
the documents originated with the FBI, and about 20 percent ted from the
State De nt or elsewhere, Our staff is still going through the material com-
piled at request of the Warren Commission the House Select Committee on
Assassinations, which includes 63 boxes of paper records and one box that contains
12 reels of microfilm. The microfilms, in overlap material in other parts of the
collection. We estimate that within the 63 boxes of paper records, approximately 27
percent of the. documents originated with a variety of other U.S. Government agen-
cies, private organizations, and foreign and American press. . :

Although our holdings do include man documents from other agencies, we none-
- theless have a substantial collection of documents that will require considerable
effort to review, and as I said earlier, at my direction, this review for declassifica-
tion is now underway. A preliminary survey of these files has provided us some in-
dications of what they contain, Although the records cover a wide variety of topics,
they principally focus on CIA activities concerning Cuba and Castro, Oswald's defec-
tion to the Soviet Union, and Oswald’s subsequent activities in Mexico City and
New Orleans. They also include a large. number of name traces requested by the
staff of the House Select Committee on Assassinations, as well as material relating
to the Garrison investigation and Cuban exile activities. .

The CIA cannot release a number of documents unilaterally because of the limits
in the Privacy Act (which protects the names of American citizens against unau-
thorized disclosure), the sequestration of many documents by the House Select Com-
mittee on Assassinations, and the fact that many of the documents belong to agen-
cies other than CIA. However, we have alr taken steps to lift. the sequestration,
coordinate with other agencies and to begin the process of declassification. If neces-

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sary, I will ask the House for a resoluti itti
the fhe Pescation effort on the sequestered documenta, ‘o release the results of
While. I ex: a large amount of the material can be declassifi
gram, I assume that there stil] will be information that cannot te released to The
pu lic fer io variety of reasons, including Privacy concerns or the exposure of intelli-
materiel. During the investigation by the Tonnes Sea oenamles of this type of
tions, I understand that security and rsonnel fil wer iuested on a maesne
&8 were requested

ERS crane, ge, ee eitan Tam repre oelrmanceevlutog)
vant to the question of who killed President Kenneds 2 and other nose irrele-
J : ly, these and oth -

ments ultimately ended up in the sequestered collection of documents’ T'de otc,
at the benefit to the public of disclosure of this information outweighs the

make redactions and summarize the information in ord
mum mean ad mariz “ion in order to ensure that the maxi-
agent or the privacy opmation. Js released while still protecting the identity of an

legislation is not by the Congress and signed by the Presi i
the ? eK apere, to {hance public confidence and provide Teassuranes that Gia ie

held ba 0 ' @ assassination, I will i
mene neuished eqericans from outside of Government to examine whatever faa
publ report on reacted or Pp Classif: ied. They would then issue an unclassified
_- The e required to declassify the documents related to inati
porecent Kennedy ill be deuating. However, it is an important" program and Tam
i making it work. Even in a time of diminishi

a the Intell nce Community, I have allocation of 15 full-time Positions te

the documents and nthe docusmens cr seorical Review £ Toup that will review
JFK ‘ rical interes!
docleiers, thege actions attest to the seriousness of our intent to get these papers
ernmental review. Ie is against thle bases and that; in responce aoe, Bongo
tee's request, I cite our technical reservati about the necha nism estab
the joint resting ct eck eal reserva! ions about the mechanism established by
] to achiev esult. I intend to address only I i

Community concerns; I defer to the Department of Justice on ony aidifoned

. problems posed by the joint resolution.

First, vesting in an outside bod the determinati
t : on as to wheth i
related to the assassination can be. released to the public is inconsistent witht
statu’ rep ponsibility to protect, intelligence sources and methods.
Second, I am concerned that the joint resolution contains no provision requiring
Review Board nae one ent handling by the Assassination Materials

' , I am concerned that the joint resolution d i
2 ned tl loes not provide the i
the op; porta to object to the release of CIA information contained agency with
origina’ ted | ry wereress or the Warren Commission. Under the joint resolution, docu-
oats aeinate atne rare entities can be released directly by the Executive Director
orate Enooutire Beate meena” ard without any review by the President
urth, the joint resolution provision for a 80-da: riod fc j
Pete ee Peane ocisions by the Executive Director to release information "ae pot
valume of material ime fe fmeaningful review of what could prove to be a large
» and finally, section 6 of the joint resolution, which i
Poepenement of Public Zelease of 3 focument, makes 1 no provision for nears ot
é locum , May con ecutive privilege or deliberativ
attorney-client, or attorney work product inf te I Whil privileges could
waived in the public interest and, in fact, are not likely to ere ety eee
factual information directly related to the JFK asraahectin trey tn respect to
available under the joint resolution in the rare casa they might ben needed ean
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i future course of this legislation, CLA is proceeding even
noe So ante taasification the relevant documents under its control. Further,
we will cooperate fully with any mech by the Congress an:
President to declassify all of-this material.

Chairman GLenn. Thank you, Mr. Gates.
Mr. Sessions.

NY OF THE HON, WILLIAM 8. SESSIONS, DIRECTOR,
NPEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; ACCOMPANIED BY

_ DAVID G. LEITCH, DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL,

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

.. Sessions. Good morning, Mr. Chairman, members of. the
Commnitios I have a complete statement which I will file, and
there are some diagrams which I will also make available for the
record, and a photograph of the files themselves. ‘Hl

Chairman GLENN. Without objection, your entire statement wil

included in the record.

Be Bee one Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to appear
before you to testify about FBI investigative records relating to the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I applaud this Process
and your efforts. It is fundamental. that Government exist to mee
the needs of its citizens. An examination of these issues is directly
related to satisfying the intense interest and concern of our citizens
about the circumstances surrounding that tragic event some

eprom th i i I favor

he outset, I would like to state emphatically that I fa
mes ‘aeclestire, consistent with the law and the legitimate
need to protect certain small but highly sensitive categories o in
formation. I can assure you that the FBI will work cooperatively
through the Department of Justice with both the Senate and the
‘House to develop a comprehensive approach to these importan
issues.

‘As you know, the Government has conducted a number of re-
views “Of the assassination. The Warren Commission, the House As
sassinations Committee, and the Church Committee all conducte
reviews that I believe can be best categorized as exhaustive, t is
my understanding that the FBI provided massive amounts 0: infor:
mation to those entities to help ensure that they accomplishe
their missions. Once again, we desire to be as helpful as we are

able. ; h

‘Immediately following the shooting of President Kennedy, the
FBI began a massive investigation. An intense effort was made. Re-
lated investigations were conducted and much information was ex-
changed, as Director Gates has noted, between the various agen-

cies. As is the case with. all major investigations, thousands of.

pages of documents were created to record the results of these ef-

cilitate the investigations. ;

at? and tone kinds of information. were recorded in the FBI
files. The results of thousands of interviews of witnesses, other ine
dividuals with possible helpful knowledge, and contacts with confi-
dential informants were. memorialized. Communications between
the FBI headquarters and our field offices, and vice versa, were in-
‘cluded, as were communications between the FBI and other agen-
cies. Forensic reports were recorded. In all, FBI files relating to the

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assassination contained over 499,000 pages of documents, with a
few more pages added every time the FBI follows up on a new alle-
gation or a new issue arises.

After Congress amended the Freedom of Information Act in 1974,
the FBI began receiving requests for information relating to the as-
sassination. By 1978, four years later, over 200,000 pages of materi-
al had been processed and made available to the public through the
FBI's public reading room. Many authors, journalists, historians,
and others have visited and revisited these materials, which
remain available today as a valuable source of historic information.

I would like to briefly describe to the Committee a breakdown of
FBI records relating in some way to the assassination. The FBI has
four core files that relate directly to the investigation of the assas-
sination. Our cooperation with the Warren Commission and the in-
vestigation of Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby—those are the
four core files. There are a proximately 499,000 pages in these
files, 268,000 of which are duplicate pages that were cross-filed,
third agency records, and some FBI records that have not been
processed pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.

Approximately 223,000 pages, or 94 percent of the records we
have processed, have already been released to the public. In addi-
tion, the FBI has several other much smaller files as a result of
other directly related investigations, such as the investigation of
Marina Oswald, and these files comprise approximately 22,000
pages, 18,000 of which are duplicate, third agency, or unprocessed
pages. Fifty-eight percent of these pages processed pursuant to the
Freedom of Information Act have been released to the public.

Of the pages available in the FBI reading room on the main floor
at FBI headquarters, approximately 189,000 pages, or 94 percent,
are available in their entirety. The remaining 12,000 pages in the
reading room reflect some egree of redaction. The information
that has not been disclosed or that has been redacted to some
degree falls within the exemptions that are enumerated in the
Freedom of Information Act and the protections of the Privacy Act.

This includes information that, one, is classified on the basis of
national security; two, would disclose the identities of individuals
who specifically requested confidentiality; three, would disclose the
identities of confidential informants or sources; four, is highly per-
sonal information about individuals; or, five, originated with other
Government agencies and those agencies specifically requested that
the information not be released based upon exemptions applicable
to those particular agencies. .

While I strongly favor maximum disclosure under the law, there
are certain types of information that are particularly critical to
successful law enforcement investigations and national security; for
example, information that is properly and appropriately classified,
information that would identify confidential sources, and informa-
tion that would disclose sensitive investigative techniques or the
types of information the disclosure of which could negatively
impact upon our ability to fulfill our mission. Information in FBI
files that has not.been disclosed publicly falls largely within these
descriptions of information.

In any case, I believe it is extremel healthy for the country to
have these issues aired and to be resolved. The public interest dic-

97-062
31 January 1997

MEMORANDUM FOR: Fred Wickham
DO Focal Point
for JFK Board

Lee Strickland
DA Focal Point
for JFK Board

FROM: ‘John F. Pereira.
Chief, Historical
Review Group

SUBJECT: . Request No. CIA-16
from JFK Board

: 1. Attached is “Request for Additional Information and
Records No. CIA-16 (Oswald Pre-Assassination Files)”, which
was received from the Assassination Records Review Board on.
29 January 1997. The request is for additional details
related to files on Lee Harvey Oswald that may have existed
in the Office of Security and in the DO.

2. Please advise how you would like us to respond to

this request. We are asked to make the information
available to the Board by 24 February 1997.

a ae y
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MEMORANDUM FOR: J. Barry Harrelson
Historical Review Group
Center for the Study of Intelligence

FROM: ) Janet A. Ecklund 7
Chief, Information Management Branch
Office of Personnel Security

SUBJECT: Request No. CIA-16 from JFK Board

REFERENCE : CSI 97-062 dated 31 January 1997

1. (U) The Office of Personnel Security has researched
this request from the Assassination Records Review Board
relating to the existence of pre-assassination files on Lee
Harvey Oswald. ;

2. (U) In response to the specific questions listed
in Mr. Marwell’s letter to the Historical Review Group, the
‘following responses are provided to those three questions
pertaining to the Office of Personnel Security (OPS). These
responses are the best reasonable answers based on available
information. Please note OPS was known as the Office of
Security prior to 1 October 1994.

Question 1: (U) Please identify, as specifically as
possible, each file held by CIA on Oswald at the time
of the assassination of President Kennedy.

Response: (U) At the time of the assassination, the
Office of Security (OS) held two files which contained
information on Lee Harvey Oswald. A file entitled Defectors
File (#0341008) contained a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald,

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and the Office of Security also had a subject file on Lee
Marvey Oswald (#0351164). This information was reflected in
the automated security database known as the Management Data
Program/Personnel Security (MDP/PS). These files were
originally miscellaneous files which were converted to the
above numbers circa 1964. A hand search was also conducted
of microfiche records which were superseded by the automated .
system. This hand search produced the same results as the -
automated search of MDP/PS.

(U) In your request specific mention is made of an
HTLINGUAL file. MDP/PS reflects OS maintained four official
files under this project--#0077826 (an administrative file),
#0090079, #0093466 (a general file), and #0119144. All of
the HTLINGUAL files were destroyed on 8 April 1994 along
with numerous soft files. Since this material has been
destroyed, OPS cannot definitively state whether these files
contained any information on Lee Harvey Oswald. A search of
Oswald's name did not produce an index reference to any of
these files.

-(U) Attached is all of the available information
regarding the destruction of the HTLINGUAL files. This
information was retrieved from {tydia Hoffman/of the
Information Management Branch/Records Control Section and
from a review of general office administrative files.

Question 2: (U) Other than for the 201-289248 file
on Oswald, please explain when each Oswald file was
opened, the purpose for the opening of the file, and
the documents that were in the file at the time of the
assassination.

Response: (U) As noted above, all HTLINGUAL files have
been destroyed. Since OS files are usually set up in
chronological sequence, a search of files with numbers in
close proximity to those recorded for HTLINGUAL was
undertaken. This search revealed the approximate opening
dates for the four official HTLINGUAL files as:

#0077826 Opened approximately July 1952
#0090079 Opened approximately February 1953
#0093466 Opened approximately July 1953
#0119144: Opened approximately May 1955

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(U) HTLINGUAL was a Directorate of Operations project
that involved opening incoming_ and outgoing mail destined to
and from the Soviet Union, (China), (Pakistan, and South
America. In OS this project was known as SRPOINTER with
subprojects identified as WESTPOINTER, INDIAN, BANJO, and
SETTER. OS conducted the actual opening and monitoring of
mail with the acquired information referred to the
Directorate of Operations.

(U) The Defectors File (#0341008) was established circa
1950 for the purpose of recording information on US citizens
défecting to other countries and information regarding
foreign nationals considering defection to the United States.
This compilation of information was received from press
clippings, Directorate of Operations reporting, the Federal
Bureau of. Investigation, the Department of State, and the
various armed services. The pre-assassination documents
located in this file relative to Lee Harvey Oswald are:

a. Washington Star press clipping of 26 November 1959
entitled “U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to Marx at

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b. Department of State memorandum dated 25 October
1960 with attached list of American “defectors”
from May 1959 to October 1960

c. Memorandum for Chief/Security Research Staff dated
31 October 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject:
American Defectors

d. Memorandum for Deputy Director of Security dated
‘1 November 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject:
American Defectors

e. Handwritten chart of defectors dated 26 August
1961

f. Defector outline prepared in October 1961 listing

known defectors to the USSR, Red China, Cuba, and
United Arab Republic.

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(U) The index reference to the Defectors File
identifies a list dated 13 September 1966 which was known as
the Defector Machine Listing. This listing was a computer
printout of defectors which reflected limited biographic
data on each name. This listing was maintained separately
from the actual Defectors File; notations within the
Defectors File show the Defector Machine Listing as
permanently charged to the Security Analysis Group of OS.
Efforts to locate this listing or determine the disposition
have been unsuccessful.

(U) Information regarding the purpose of the Defectors

File was gleaned from a quick review of selected holdings.
atie Nakai, of this office at one time was assigned to the
Security Analysis Group and recalls the Defector Machine
Listing. From her recollection, this machine listing was
approximately one and one-half inches thick and was in two
parts. One part consisted of an alphabetical index of
defector names with assigned numbers. The second part
listed the assigned numbers in numerical order and contained
limited information on each name.

(C) The Special Investigations Branch of Investigations
Division is the current operating component encompassing most
of the Security Analysis Group functions still conducted in
OPS. ‘Gail dewelP of this office was queried regarding office
holdings relating to the Defector Machine Listing. IMs

ewell/had no knowledge of the listing and suggested William

\Gilbert/ as a resource. CIC Liaison Officer,
could not recall the listing, opined it may have been

destroyed, and suggested contacting of the
Counterintelligence Center (CIC).

(C) CIC assumed many of the functions previously
conducted by the Security Analysis Group. Mr. Filis>was
queried regarding the possibility the Defector Machine
Listing may have been transferred to CIC during the
realignment of duties. Mr._Fili@ advised the Defector
Machine Listing could not be located in CIC holdings; and he
has made inquiries with Directorate of Operations
counterparts regarding the listing.

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(U) The subject file pertaining to Lee Harvey Oswald
(#0351164) was established circa 1960. It appears this file
was created as a separate repository for the numerous press
clippings and reports received from other government
agencies on the defection of Lee Harvey Oswald to the USSR
and his activities following his return to the United
States. The first volume of this file appears to have been
preserved as the pre-assassination file, and the documents
contained in this file are as follows:

a. Department of State telegram #1304 from Moscow
dated 31 October 1959

b. The Washington Post press clipping dated
1 November 1959 entitled “Ex-Marine Asks Soviet

Citizenship”

c. Department of State Dispatch #234 from Moscow
dated 2 November 1959

d. Department of State telegram #1448 from Tokyo
dated 9 November 1959

e. Department of State telegram #1358 from Moscow
dated 9 November 1959

f. The Washington Post press clipping dated 16
November 1959 entitled “Rebuffed’”

g. Evening Star press clipping dated 26 November
1959 entitled “U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to

Marx at 15”

h. Report Summary prepared by Soviet Russia Division
forwarded to Office of Security in March 1960

i. Department of State Instruction A-273 dated
13 April 1961

j. Department of State Dispatch from Moscow dated
May 1961 with enclosure of Oswald letter

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: k. Federal Bureau of Investigation report dated
3 July 1961 from Dallas, Texas

1. Note to CI/SI\dated 28 September 1961

m. Form 745 “Indices Search Request” dated
12 October 1961

n. Department of State Dispatch #317 from Moscow
dated 12 October 1961 with enclosure

o. Form G-135a Immigration and Naturalization
Service name check form to Central Intelligence
Agency dated 5 December 1961

p. Navy Department message to Moscow dated
3 March 1962 :

q. Department of the Navy memorandum to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation dated 26 April 1962 with
enclosure

r. The Washington Post press clipping dated
9 June 1962 entitled “Third American in 2 Months
Leaves Soviet ‘Home’”

s. Federal Bureau of Investigation transmittal
of report from Dallas, Texas, dated 30 August
1962.

(U) In addition to those documents listed above, the
following documents were located in a subsequent volume of
the Oswald file and also appear to predate the assassination
of President Kennedy.

t. Undated summary of file information on Lee
Harvey Oswald

u. Incoming cable #83858 from Mexico City dated
20 July 1963 (no mention of Oswald)

v. Incoming cable #01325 from Mexico City dated
17 August 1963 (no mention of Oswald)

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9 October 1963

x. Outgoing cable #74830 to Mexico City dated
10 October 1963

y. Incoming cable #47041 from Mexico City dated
24 October 1963 (no mention of Oswald).

Question 4: (U) To the extent that Counterintelligence
and the Office of Security maintained pre-assassination
files on Oswald, please explain why those offices
maintained files on Oswald prior to the assassination.
In answering this question, please make appropriate
references to the Clandestine Services Handbook (CSHB)
and to any other materials (including organizational
charts) that would help explain the jurisdictional and
organization reasons for which CI and OS would have
maintained such files.

Response: (U) It is believed that OS holdings on Lee
Harvey Oswald began in 1959 with his travel.to Russia during
which he renounced his US citizenship. Oswald was in
contact with the American Embassy in Moscow, and the
Department of State prepared reports on these contacts.

Most likely because of counterintelligence concerns, the
Central Intelligence Agency was included in the distribution
of these reports. In the beginning this material was
probably retained in the Defectors File. As the number of
documents on this person increased, a separate file was
created to be the repository of information on the alleged
American defector. There is a notation in the Defectors
File that a separate file exists on Oswald.

(U) Both the Defectors File (#0341008) and the file of
Lee Harvey Oswald (#0351164) were handled by Marguerite D.
Stevens of the OS/Security Research Staff during the pre-
assassination time frame. Of the documents listed above, a
majority of them contain a notation or the initials of
Marguerite D. Stevens, leading one to believe she was the
officer responsible for the collection, analysis, and filing
of this information.

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(U) The Security Research Staff (SRS) was the
component responsible for collecting, developing, and
evaluating information of a counterintelligence nature to

detect and/or prevent penetration of the Agency’s
organization, employees, and activities by foreign or
domestic organizations or individuals. SRS conducted
research in connection with employee loyalty cases and
Maintained records identifying personalities, environments,
and personal traits of individuals who had been of
counterintelligence interest over the years. SRS maintained
liaison with various government agencies in connection with
counterintelligence activities and coordinated the
counterintelligence effort throughout OS. Using
organizational charts of this time period, SRS reported
directly to the office of the Director of Security.

(U) Don Staton/of the OPS/Management Staff was queried
regarding the mission and functions of SRS during the pre-
assassination time period. (Mr. Staton} made inquiries
relating to the above request, and thé OPS/Information
Management Officer Ronda Allen jretrieved retired policy
records for review. The information on the mission and
function of SRS was retrieved from the archived Office of
Security administrative and historical files as well as a
review of the security file on Marguerite D. Stevens.

3. (U) For your information, a page-by-page review of
the documents contained in the Defectors File (12 volumes)
and Lee Harvey Oswald’s file (7 volumes) has not been
conducted for the purposes of this request. Our efforts
were concentrated on the pre-assassination time frame.

4. (U) This review was conducted by Katie . Nakai /

OPS/CD/ IMB), secure (405527 anor

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“on. 8 ‘april: 1994, ‘the complete set of SRPOINTER and

_ - HTLINGUAL ‘security support files~ and. indexes held by the
- Office of Security were destroyed in accordance with the.
guidelines set forth in the approved: Records Control °

Schedules 31-76 and 31- 83 and by the office of General

. Counsel.

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OGC-94-51066
6 April 1994

MEMORANDUM FoR: [Terri Ragal. ;
Information Review Team
Office of Security

“VIA: Robert J. Batinger
Assistant General Counsel’ /.
Litigation Division

FROM: Stephen X. Dizubio /
Information Management Officer
Office of General Counsel

SUBJECT: -HTLINGUAL/SRPOINTER File Destruction

1. This responds to your memo of 9 February 1994
requesting confirmation that the security support files of
the HTLINGUAL project are not the subject of a current
litigation, investigation, or other inquiry that would
preclude their destruction pursuant to normal guidelines for

‘ yecords of this type. A review of OGC files located no

currently active casea involving the HTLINGUAL project.
Therefore, OGC poses no objection to destruction of the
files it authorized by your approved records disposition
schedule. _ oe

2. For your information.I have attached a copy of a
March 1990 memorandum in which OGC provided guidance to the
DO regarding destruction of MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL project
files. According to that memorandum, files pertaining to
HTLINGUAL may be destroyed only if: (1) they meet the

''. @xiteria for destruction on the applicable NARA approved

records disposition schedule; (2) are not responsive to a
FOIA or Privacy Act request currently being processed by the

_of£ice concerned; and (3) do not document the initiation,
implementation, and termination of the projecta, or
' conatitute files on U.8. parsons of foreign intelligence or

counterintelligence value which the Agency is required to
maintain. Aa the attachment indicates, NARA's requirement
that the SSCI concur in any proposed destruction has already
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MEMORANDUM FOR: § C/OIT/IMB_’
FROM: W. George Jamason

Chief, Litigation Division, OGC
SUBJECT: Destruction o£ MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL

. Project Files ‘

REFERENCE: Request for Authorization to Retain or

Destroy Questionable Records: 141C‘s for
MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL Projects, from
‘IMS/MPG/TRMB, dated 18 December 1989

1. The referenced request seeks concurrence fox the
destruction of MHCHAOS and HTLINGUAL files in accordance with

' foutine records destruction schedules epproved by the National

Archivist. Subject to the qualifications set forth below, the
proposed destruction can proceed without legal objection.

Z. -On several occasions over the past 12 years, DO/IMS has
proposed that the Agency identify and destroy MHCHAOS and
HTLINGUAL records in accerdance with routine records
destruction echedules. The major reason not to do so has been
the existence of litigation that has necessitated retention of
those records. With the settlement of the National Lawyers'
Guild litigation, a major obstacle to routine records
destruction appears to have been eliminated.

3. That case alone, however, does not govern the records
retention or destruction of MHCHAOS or HTLINGUAL files. In |
addition, destruction may proceed only in accordance with the
records disposition authorization provided by the Archivist on.
17 March 1978. (Job Nos. NC1-263-77-18 and NC1-263-78-1). The
approval given by the Archivist is subject to essentially the
following conditions: (1) files and documents that are the
objects of FOIA and Privacy Act requests, or those involved in
any other litigation, are not to be destroyed; (2) files that
document the initiation, implementation, and termination of the
projects, and other files on U.S. persons of foreign.
intelligence or counterintelligence value which the Agency is
required to maintain, are not to be destroyed; (3) no disposal
will occur prior to review and concurrence of the Senata Select
Committee on Intelligence.

4. In reviewing the materials you have provided, I have

_ Been able to conclude that then SSCI Chairman, Birch Bayh, in
' several separate letters dated 6 April 1978, informed the DCT

that the Committee had no objection ta the implementation of
the records disposal lists approved by the Archivist. Ina my

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. Accordingly, with the exception of the case of .

, there appear to be'no ongoing court cases

_re@lating te MHCHAOS or HTLINGUAL files that necessitate the

retention of those materials. All HTLINGUAL materials relating

- to Leo T. Hurwitz, therefore, should be retained. In addition,

any records pertaining to Dr. Sidney M. Peck (Peck v. CIA)

. should be retained. I am not aware of any other matters that

would require retention of the files at the present time, but
you should contact the Agency's FOIA Coordinator to determine
if there are any outstanding FOIA or Privacy Act requests

‘relating to MHCHAOS or HTLINGUAL that should not be destroyed.

If so, materials should be retained in accordance with the

requirements of the Records Disposal List. Finally, of course,

information that the Agency must maintain that is of foreign
intelligence value also should not be destroyed.

4. I would also point ‘out that the terms of the National
Lawyers Guild settlement require that all agencies of the
Federal Government, including the CIA, shall not use, release
or disclose, within or outside the Government, certain
information relating to the National Lawyers Guild and its
subunits. Accordingly, if there is CIA information derived.

- from the FBI's investigation relating té the National Lawyers'

Guild, Agency records, files or indices must be appropriately
marked so as to permit implementation. of the settlement

agreement, This means that, to the extent MHCHAOS records are

not isolated but are contained in other Agency files, some
means of ensuring that the information is not disseminated must
@ made.

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MEMORANDUM FOR: OGC/Litigation STEVE = |

FROM: 2 Terri Eagajy
nformation Review Team

SUBJECT: Files Scheduled For Destruction

_—i.__On 7 February 1994,. this office was given direction
by Mr. Archibald, Legal Advisor for the Office of Security,
to deal directly. with your. office in reference to the
attached. ; os

. If.you have any. questions about the attached,
please feel free to call’ on (40615) Your prompt assistance

in this Matter is greatly appreciated. —

3. “Thank you. for your | coordination and cooperation in.
assisting the Records Control Schedule Analysts; Terri Eagah

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| MEMORANDUM FOR: {ames Archibala /

Office 1 of Security, Legal Advisor

FROM: erri Eagal
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SUBJECT: , HT LINGUAL Security Support Files/SR POINTER
Files

1. On 7 December _ 1993, this office coordinated with Barry /

Zeeman /of DO/IMS, on (47411) in reference to the HT_LINGUAL.

Security Support Files/SR POINTER Files. I asked Mr. Zeeman’ if
his office had any problems with our office destroying these
files as they were within our guidelines for destruction. He |
‘responded by saying that they had retired their files in eo and
would have to look into it further. On 8 December 1993,

' Yeeman)called to say that his office, DO/IMS, had no probie -with

us-destroying our support files to their HT. LINGUAL project as

they destroyed their files in the late 1980's The few files

they retired in 1991 were on the Administrative and Policy issues
of .HT LINGUAL.

2. since the DO no longer has a need for the information
in these files (list is attached) and has essentially approved

'their destruction, we have supplied: to you copies of our own

Security Records Control Schedule which verifies that these files
meet destruction criteria. As you can see though, by the comment
onthe SR POINTER Files, we need to be sure there is no
litigation open before we destroy.

3. In light of paragraph 2, our office now awaits OGC
approval. Your coordination with OGC in this effort is greatly
appreciated. Please note, destruction of these files include the
SR POINTER name index which is currently utilized by this office

for the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) -

cases... Destruction of this index will aid in decreasing
unnecessary review and research on part of FOIA and PA.

4.  .Thank you. If we can be of any. assistance | to_you 'qo6is)
40615

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z Record copies of reports pertaining to ‘Temporary. Hold in current file

the SRPOINTER Project.. (Discontinued). area until litigation concluded then
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Security Support Files. for HT LINGUAL / SR POINTER Files

(avid G. Ellés )
“Mail I Intercept Program
a (McAuley, Peter F. SEN” 156003 /
a (McAuley, Peter _ Fs
99358 PROJECT CHAPERON
OS-PROJECT POINTER a
PROJECT SETTER SFN 159144 en
PROJECT SETTER me
- SRINDIAN SFN 507356 ‘ -~
. PROJECT SRINDIAN ,
‘SR POINTER/REDSKIN
SR POINTER
PROJECT SR POINTER
PROJECT SR POINTER Cuban Watch List
SR POINTER/HT LINGUAL Material Duplicated from CI Staff-.
Report JAN 29 75
Draft Memorandum on Background -of SR POINTER Prepared
23DEC74
OS Personnel Directly and Indirectly Involved with SR
POINTER ,
WESTPOINTER SFN 583870
PROJECT WESTPOINTER
SSD Mail Cover
U.S. Post. Office Liaison .
File with no name related to Mail
oe SR POINTER INDEX
me VoL

; 1 SFN 93466 SR POINTER GENERAL
oe ‘VOL 2 SFN 93466 SR POINTER GENERAL
VOL 3 Record of BANJOES Received
VOL 4 PROJECT HT LINGUAL Clearance #90079 29NOV56~-29NOV63
VOL 5 SR POINTER General Admin and Policy April 63
VOL 6 Original SR POINTER Documents
VOL 7 Documents Reviewed by George Clark oGCc
VOL 8 SR POINTER SFN 119144 Informant BANJO
VOL 9 PROJECT SR POINTER Admin 11JUN52-SFEB58 #77826

VOL 10 HT LINGUAL Statistics SFN 119144
VOL 11 SR POINTER GENERAL SFN 93466
VOL 12 PROJECT Outline and Cronology. #77826
VOL 13 Record of BANJOES Received (VOL 6)
‘VOL 14 SR POINTER Statistics JAN68-MAR70
VOL 15 SR POINTER
VOL 16 SR POINTER GENERAL File Admin and Policy 18JAN62-
29MAR63 :
VOL 17 SR POINTER 13MAR70 #90079
VOL 18 SR POINTER GENERAL File Admin and Ploicy 27JUL54-
19DEC61 .
- VOL 19 PROJECT HT LINGUAL #90079 1FEB56- 2SEP58 Memos to CI
' Staff
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Staff


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‘" "YOL 21 PROJECT HT LINGUAL #90079 26AUG60-6JUN62 Memos to CI

Security Support Files for HT LINGUAL / SR POINTER Files

Staff

VOL 22 PROJECT HT LINGUAL #90079 25JUN62-25MAR64 Memos to CI

Statf

VOL 23 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special
BANJO File 2JUL53-27DEC57 . .

VOL 24 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special.
BANJO File 8JAN58-22DEC58 : . . .

VOL 25 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special
BANJO File 7JAN59-22DEC60 ;

VOL 26 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special
BANJO File 3JAN61-27DEC61 a ;

_VOL 27 PROJECT SR POINTER Informant BANJO SFN 119144 Special
BANJO File 23JAN63-2MAR64

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VOL 37 Review of HT LINGUAL Project Outline 10AUG59
- VOL 38 POINTER

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32
33

34

35

‘#90079 DC Survey
‘#94866 Radio Moscow

PROJECT HT LINGUAL SFN 119144 BANJO 25MAR64-23DEC64
PROJECT. HT LINGUAL SFN 119144 BANJO 4JAN66-29MAR67
PROJECT HT LINGUAL SFN 119144 BANJO 30MAR67

FANFOLD Coding System #90079

Watch List JAN66 ~

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“gp LINGUAL A DO. project. Opening: U.S. itizen' ‘3 mail’ going
Sato: other countries (mostly Soviet. Union): &“‘mail.. ‘incoming.
. + Exowi. other countries: (1950's). Most mail was’: opened. in NY. =
“Actual, opening | -& monitoring. of mail assigned: to. Os. with info
turned - over: to. -Ehe: “POs. . a oe oo .

SR- POINTERS. os - name for. Br ‘LINGUAL.

- MESTPOINTER=- ‘Opening mail in San. Fransico” also. known. as MK
‘SOURDOUGH) Targeted ithe. Chine ss\. 7 Sy |

fargeted mail to/#rem: oman

90~ Actua Letters, (copies) ‘intercepted.

| BROJECT SETTER Mail: opened in New Orleans, targeting South
America,‘ : .

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Project. names release with: SEK . Anfo. ° ue


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7 CONFIDENTIAL oO

06 December 1993

MEMORANDUM FOR: (Phil Boycan /
Services Team Leader

FROM: (William } Marshall }
Services Team

- SUBJECT: Transfer of POINTER and related files

REFERENCE: Memorandum, dated 23 November 1993 from
; ' (Léonard” Kaplan) (C/IRT) eee Archibald )
(OGC)

Memorandum, dated 23 November 1993,

from/Jim Archibald} (OGC) to Leonard /
(Kaplan) (C/IRT)

1. On 30 November 1993, Investigations and Services Branch
-(I&SB) received a copy of an Office of General Counsel (OGC)
memorandum, dated 23 November 1993, wherein /Jim Jim Archibald)
advised that it would be prudent for I&SB to transfer the
below list of files to. the Information Review Team (IRT).

2.. In accordance with this memorandum, I&SB (3804) .
Stafford) transferred the.below list of files, on 06

December 1993, to (Leonard Kaplan? (C/IRT) via Barbara Deavers ?
(G20. Stafford). Se Sa

3. Therefore, as of 06 December 1993, I&SB considers
itself absolved of the responsibility as custodian of the
files. Conversely, as of 06 December, IRT assumes the
responsibility as custodian of the files.

FILES TRANSFERRED FROM OS/I&SB TO OS/IRT:

1. HT LINGUAL (BANJO) ...-.c cc ccc eee c cece eeens 0119144

2. WESTPOINTER we eee eee c wees Se eee ewww ee 0583870

3. SR POINTER —.... eee ee eeee No case number visible
4. (DAVID G, ELLIS) FILE ............ No case number visible
5.

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PROJECT INDIAN ..............26- No case number visible
Continued on next page) me, :

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6. HT LINGUAL 2... cece cc wc ec ccc ccc cece cece cece e 00090079
7. SR POINTER/OS PERSONNEL ......No case number visible
8. HT LINGUAL ...cen cee ececene ecw cane ea ccceee -0090079
9. PROJECT HT LINGUAL wee ee eee cece ee eee eee eee 20090079
10. HT LINGUAL 2... ccc ccc ccc cane ccc cc ccc erate tees 0090079
11. SR POINTER ... cc ccc ccc cece ccc n cence csacccnene 0077826
12. SR POINTER J... ccc ccc ccc cc ccc ccccseeccceccens ec c 0093466
13. SR POINTER (BANJO) ......... eee ec eee eee eee ce 0119144
14. SR POINTER (BANJO) 2... ccc cee ew ee eee ee ceo ee OL19144
15. WATCH LIST ee eeeececeeeeese-NO Case number visible
16. HT LINGUAL .... cc ccc ccc ewe ceca nae c cena eeneee 0119144
17. DC SURVEY ccc ccc cece cece c er cccccecccccscce 20090079
18. PROJECT DAYLIGHT 2... ccc cece rece ew ee cce cv ccc es 00243550

' 19. SR POINTER (CUBAN WATCHLIST) .No case number visible
20. HT LINGUAL (BANJO) ........ ccc cece ccc c cence 0119144
21... HT LINGUAL wee ec eeceteeee ee eNO case number visible
22. SR POINTER (BANJO) Bec e een ene senscccece eee e0119144
23. RADIO AMATEURS IN USSR ...... No case number visible
24. FANFOLD CODING SYSTEM. .... cece cece eee ccccc es e 0090079
25. SR POINTER (MAPS) ...... -.--.-NO case number visible
“26. RADIO MOSCOW ..... 2. ccc cc ccc ncece eee ewww cease 0094866
27.. PROJECT CHAPERON 2... ccc ccc ccc ccc nace ceca aces 0099358
28. SR POINTER ...............2.-eNO case number visible
29. MAIL INTERCEPT PROGRAM........No case number visible
30. SR POINTER .......... sce e wer ececececsesscses 0090079
31. . PROJECT OUTLINE CHRONO/SR POINTER ...........0077826
32. PETER MEAULEY ..........cccccv ccc cccccces ee2-- 0156003
33. US POST OFFICE LIAISON «.....-NO case number visible
34. SSD MAIL COVER ...............NO case number visible
35. PROJECT SETTER ...ccccccccccnvccnccscscccces 0159144
36. SR POINTER/REDSKIN ..........-No case number visible
37. SR POINTER .........ces0¢-+2---NO Case number visible
38. OS PROJECT POINTER ...........No case number visible
39. RECORD OF BANJOES ............No case number visible
40. SR POINTER/HT LINGUAL ........No case number visible
‘41. SR POINTER ....... a eeceee -----NO case number visible
42. HT LINGUAL ..........cc cee eee No case number visible
43. SR POINTER ........ cece were ere cce scene veces 0090079
44. ORIGINAL SR POINTER .......... No case number visible
45. SR POINTER/BANJO 2.2... ccc cece cee cele cee cee ee eOL19144
46. SR POINTER/BANJO 2... ccc cence ccc s cece cccecese eOLI9144
47. SR POINTER/BANJO 2... ccc cer cc ccc ccc cece oe. 20119144
48. HT LINGUAL ...... acer cere cece cceeccscsceses sO119144
49. SR POINTER .......... «eeeeeeeeNO Case number visible
(Continued)

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PROJECT HT LINGUAL 22... cee rcecrcecreccccces 0090079
PROJECT SR POINTER .. ccc serererccccccccccece 0077826

SR POINTER 2.2... ccc cece ccc cee s ee cecccecess 0093466
SR POINTER ....... eee enw ee we eeee ec cee ccc w cece 0093466
SR POINTER ........0000- .....-NO case number visible
BANJO .......002000% seeeeeeee-NO Case number visible
CLAUDETTE BOUFFARD’ ........... No casé number visible
CLARE LENK )................+.-NO case number visible
STOLEN AGENCY CREDENTIAL......No case number visible

SR POINTER .........0+% eee eecoes tac eeees sees 0090079

aM

William Marshall} (C)
Os/t &SB

Barbara Deavers / (Cc)

'OS/IRT

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REMOVAL OF SRPOINTER FILES FROM 8804 STAFFORD x0

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23 November 1993 _

— MEMORANDUM FOR: : Tames Azehipaiay OS: ‘hegal Advisor
Oe .» [6N20 Stafford puilding 2 ;

FROM: _ (feonard. Me Kaplan la
ee |. (Chief, Information Review. Team
office of Security -

SUBJECT:  ——sRemoval_ of SRPOINTER Files “from (3804 ia)

- Reetfords (resp) to (G20 § Stafford /(IRT) .

ls Per a telephonic. conversation: with (will waxsnaly) of

the OS/Investigations and Services Branch (I&SB), this memo. ~
_ewill formally request.a transfer/relocation of the noted
_SREOINTER, files to 08/Information Review Team (IRT) .

ee -IesB- is currently. holding the SRPOINTER . files: as.
Mr. John Daley? formerly an I&SB Security Officer, ‘served as.
‘the OS réferent, as well as for his historical. perspectives
of the files. (Mr. Daley?has | since retired and it has-been

. informally agreed that IRT will serve as the: focal point .
holder of the files.

3. A formal ‘transfer will serve to alleviate I&SB's
role as an "intermediary" in the occasional to frequent use
of the SRPOINTER files for IRT's formal responses to Freedom .
of Information and Privacy Act requests. Additionally, as
_ VIRT serves as the focal point for other public and Agency
"Fequests,_ ‘ait-is necessary to reference these files.

4, Your concurrence is ‘required per C/I&SB
- instructions ‘for a formal move of the SRPOINTER | files from
G504 statgorute (20 Stafford:

; ee a ee
Concurrence: ; _—
, _ ).James Archibald >

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4k USE ONLY
“ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET

SUBJECT (Optional
Request No. CIA-16 from JFK Board
FROM ,
J. Barry Harrelson CSI 97-210
Histori Review Group/CSI _

(E20 IPB / 25 9 May 1997

TO (Officer designation, room, and building) OFFICIAL'S | COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
== INITIALS | to whom. Oraw a line across column after each comment.)

1. John_Pereira, C/HRG
(2E20 IPB_/

3. (Janet A. Ecru?

C/MB, O
(1S12 Stafford

5. J. Barry t Harrelson
CSWHRG
(2E20 IF IPB}

FORM 64 (EF) ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL
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CSI 97-210
9 May 1997

MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Information Management Branch
Office of Personnel Security

VIA: Chief, Historical Review Group
Center for the Study of Intelligence

FROM: J. Barry Harrelson
Historical Review Group
Center for the Study of Intelligence

SUBJECT: Request No. CIA-16 from JFK Board

REFERENCE: A. Memo for C/IMB, dtd 27 Feb. 97,
. Same Subject
B. Memo for DA/DO IROs (CSI 97-062),
dtd 31 Jan 97

The following actions need to be taken to complete the
Agency” s response to the JFK Board’s Request for Additional
io: nd Re: ords A-1 ald Pre-Assassination
Files) :

a. Response to Request: CIA has to provide an official
response that will become a part of the public record. The
response should be a releasable version of your memorandum of
27 February 1997; according to the classification markings, most
of the text is unclassified. I recommend that you send me an
annotated copy indicating what can be released. I will prepare
the response and coordinate it with you. Also please review the
attachments to the memorandum for possible release. The JFK
Board may consider documentation of the destruction of
potentially relevant files as assassination records. HRG will
handle any additional coordination (OGC, DO, etc.) required.

b. Transfer of Oswald's OS File (#0351164): The original
Office of Security subject file on Oswald currently held by the
Office of Personnel Security should be transferred to the
Historical Review Group. The file will be incorporated into the
Agency’s JFK Assassination Collection and reviewed for release
under the JFK Act of 1992. Most documents in this file will
probably be duplicates of documents in the HSCA sequestered
matexial held by HRG, however, under the JFK law all “Oswald”
file® ate considered assassination records. The ARRB staff has
asked for access to the file when practical.

ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY

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‘

. ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY

SUBJECT: Request No. CIA-16 from JFK Board

‘~scs Defectors File (#0341008): The ARRB staff has requested
acceSs*to the parts of the Defector File that contain the Oswald
documents, items a-f, listed in your 27 February memorandum.

(We were unable to locate documents “e”" and *f”" in the HSCA
sequestered collection.) Assassination- and Oswald-related
documents in this file will most likely be declared assassination
records. HRG will handle any third Agency coordination required.

Please let me know when it will be possible to give the ARRB
staff access to the files. The access is considered for back-
ground purposes only, and any notes taken will be reviewed by
your staff and HRG. If a file is considered sensitive, access
can be restricted to one ARRB staff member and monitored by your
staff. The review can take place either at your office or in
HRG. If you any questions, please give me a call, secure 31825.

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“oy Barry Harrey

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SUBJECT: Request No. CIA-16 from JFK Board

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g:hrg/req#160S .doc

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- C/HRG
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5 June 1997

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Review of OS Records on LHO and Defectors

- FROM: Gary M. Breneman, IC

1. Over the course of three half days, 29 May, 2 and 4
June, 1997 ARRB Staff member Michelle Combs reviewed the
Office of Security files on Lee Harvey Oswald and a multi-
volume file collection entitled “Defectors.” These were
made available by Ms: Janet Ecklun@ in OS offices in
Stafford Building.

2. At the request of OS, the undersigned was present
during the review. Mrs. Combs took notes of items of
interest and put yellow stickies on a number of documents.
She advised Wisi -EekIun that she (Mrs. Combs) would write a
memorandum on what i-had done and pass it to Mr. Gunn.
Further, she advised that Mr. Gunn might want review the
files personally.

3. Ms. Eckiund stated she would keep these files
segregated within her office for quick retrieval if we
wanted to see them again.

Gary Breneman


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27 October 1997

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

,

FROM: (Janet A. Ecklund }
Chief, Information Management Branch
Office of Personnel Security

SUBJECT: OSWALD, LEE HARVEY.
AIN: 0351164

1. The Office of Personnel Security was tasked on 31
January 1997 by the Historical Review Group/Center fdér the Study

o£ Intelligence (HRG/CSI), via the Directorate of

Administration/Information Review Office, with researching pre-
assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald. The tasking was.
generated by the John F. Kennedy. Bosrats--desire to review and
declassify relevant material. the results of this réview were
forwarded to the HkG/CSI on 27 february 1997.

2. During the Informa:ion Management Branch’s
(IMB) research in response to =he above tasking it was noted that
Volume V of the Oswald files yas not on the shelf where Volumes
I-IV and VI-VII were located. 4 search of the entire area where
the volumes had been maintainey failed to locate Volume V. The
IMB Files Section was subsequehtly charged with conducting an

-all out search for the missing'yolume. The search failed to find

Volume V.

3. In July 1997, the Osyald files were reviewed page by
page prior to being turned over to HRG/CSI and another attempt
was Thade to locate Volume V or to locate persons who might know
what happened to it. Volume V Was not located nor were any
persons located who were knowleageable of its status.

4. During the complete réview of the Oswald files no

“time gap was apparent and no one was located who could recall

ever seeing Volume V. This would suggest that either Volume V
had been consolidated into other yolumes or that Volume V never
existed, but that a numbering error resulted in what should have
been Volume V being labeled as Volume VI. The use of Roman
numerals on the cover of the volumes might have caused this
error to occur.

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a . Central Intelligence Agency

24 December 1997

Dr. T. Jeremy Gunn
Executive Director
Assassination Records Review Board _.

oo . rere
600 E. Street, N.W. (2nd Floor) «2... .2 no. DS
Washington, D.C. 20530 s _
Dear Dr. Gunn: a

eos a

Re: Request for Additional Information and Records
No. CIA-16 (Oswald Pre-Assassination Files) and
No. CIA-IR-24 (Defector File)

This is a partial response to the ARRB’s referent
request for pre-assassination files this Agency may have had
on Lee Harvey Oswald. It is believed the following comments
and two enclosed documents fully respond to the Office of
Security questions. The DO response is pending.

1. At Tab A is a 22 December 1997 memorandum
containing information from the Agency’s Office of Personnel

- Security which provides details about the files it had on

Oswald prior to the assassination plus when and why they
were created. These include the Office of Security file on
Oswald, a.general file on Americans who had defected to
another country and information about HTLINGUAL files.

2. Also enclosed at Tab B is a 27 October 1977
Memorandum from the Office of Personal Security which
explains the numbering of that Office’s file on Oswald. In
particular, it explains why the “missing” volume V may never
have existed.

3. An ARRB staff member has reviewed the Oswald
Security file and the file on American defectors.

4. The Oswald Office of Personnel Security file and
those pages of the defector file deemed relevant by the ARRB
staff member have been forwarded to HRG for review and will
be processed according to current release guidelines.

If you have any questions about this response, please

advise.
Sincerely,

J. Barry Harrelson

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22 December 1997

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

1. Pursuant to ARRB “Resquet No. CIA-16,the Office of
Personnel Security conducted research for and existing pre-
assassination files on Lee Harvey Oswald. The following
responses are provided to those questions which pertain to
the Office of Personnel Security (OPS). These responses are
the best reasonable answers based on available information.
Please note OPS was known as the Office of Security prior to
1 October 1994.

Question 1: Please identify, as specifically as
possible, each file held by CIA on Oswald at the time
of the assassination of President Kennedy.

Response: At the time of the assassination, the Office
of Security (OS) held two files which contained information

‘on Lee Harvey Oswald. One file entitled “Defectors File”
(#0341008), contained a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald, and ~

the second file was Office of Security subject file on Lee
Harvey Oswald (#0351164). This information was reflected in
the automated security database known as the Management Data
Program/Personnel Security (MDP/PS). These files were
originally miscellaneous files which were converted to the
above numbers circa 1964. A hand search was also conducted
of microfiche records which were superseded by the automated
system. This hand search produced the same results as the
automated search of MDP/PS.

2. Within the ARRB request is specific mention of an
HTLINGUAL file. MDP/PS reflects OS maintained four official
files under this project--#0077826. (an administrative file),
#0090079, #0093466 (a general file), and #0119144. All of
the HTLINGUAL files were destroyed on 8 April 1994 along
with numerous soft files. Since this material has been
destroyed, OPS cannot definitively state whether these files
contained any information on Lee Harvey Oswald. The search
of Oswaid’s name did not produce an index reference to any
of these files. Attached is all of the available
information regarding the destruction of the HTLINGUAL
files. This information was retrieved from the Information
Management Branch/Records Control Section and from a review
of general office administrative files.

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Question 2: For other than the 201-289248 file on
Oswald, please explain when each Oswald file was opened, the
purpose for the. opening of the file, and the documents that
were in the file at the time of the assassination.

Response: As noted above, all HTLINGUAL files have been
destroyed. Since OS files are usually set up in
chronological sequence, a search of files with numbers in
close proximity to those recorded for HTLINGUAL was
undertaken. This search revealed the approximate opening
dates for the four official HTLINGUAL files as:

#0077826 Opened approximately July 1952
#0090079 Opened approximately February 1953
#0093466 Opened approximately July 1953
#0119144 Opened approximately May 1955

3. HTLINGUAL was a Directorate of Operations project
involving the opening incoming and outgoing mail destined to
and from the Soviet Union, China, Pakistan, and South
America. In the Office of Security this project was known
as SRPOINTER with subprojects identified as WESTPOINTER,
INDIAN, BANJO, and SETTER. The Office of Security actually
conducted the opening and monitoring of mail with the
acquired information being referred to the Directorate of
Operations.

4. The Defectors File (#0341008) was established circa
1950 for the purpose of recording information on US citizens
defecting to other countries and information regarding
foreign nationals considering defection to the United States.
This file contained information was from press clippings,
Directorate of Operations reporting, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Department of State, and the various armed
services. The pre-assassination documents located in this
file relative to Lee Harvey Oswald are:

a. Washington Star press clipping of 26 November 1959
entitled “U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to Marx at
157

b. Department of State memorandum dated 25 Qctober
1960 with attached list of American “defectors”
from May 1959 to October 1960

c. Memorandum for Chief/Security Research Staff dated
31 October 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject:
American Defectors

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dad. Memorandum for Deputy Director of Security dated
1 November 1960 from M. D. Stevens, subject:
American Defectors

e. Handwritten chart of defectors dated 26 August
1961

£. Defector outline prepared in October 1961 listing
known defectors to the USSR, Red China, Cuba, and
United Arab Republic.

5. The index reference to the Defectors File
identifies a list dated 13 September 1966 which was known as
the Defector Machine Listing. This listing was a computer
printout of defectors and provided limited biographic data
on each name. This listing was maintained separately from
the actual Defectors File; notations within the Defectors
File show the Defector Machine Listing as permanently

charged to the Security Analysis Group of the Office of

Security. Efforts to locate this listing or determine its
disposition have been unsuccessful.

6. Information regarding the purpose of the Defectors
File was gleaned from a quick review of selected holdings.
An employee of this Office was, recalls the Defector Machine
Listing as being approximately one and one-half inches thick
and in two parts. One part consisted of an alphabetical
index of defector names with assigned numbers. The second
part listed the assigned numbers in numerical order and
contained the limited biographic data on each name.

7. The subject file pertaining to Lee Harvey Oswald
(#0351164) was established circa 1960. It appears this file
was created as a separate repository for the numerous press
clippings and reports received from other government
agencies on the defection of Lee Harvey Oswald to the USSR
and his activities following his return to the’ United
States. The first volume of this file. appears to have been
preserved as the pre-assassination file, and the documents

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contained in this file are as follows: =

a. Department of State telegram #1304 from Moscow
dated 31 October 1959

b. The Washington Post press clipping dated
1 November 1959 entitled “Ex-Marine Asks Soviet
Citizenship”

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Department of State Dispatch #234 from Moscow
dated 2 November 1959

Department of State telegram #1448 from Tokyo
dated 9 November 1959

Department of State telegram #1358 from Moscow
dated 9 November 1959

The Washington Post press clipping dated 16
November 1959 entitled “Rebuf fed”

Evening Star press clipping dated 26 November
1959 entitled “U.S. Defector to Reds Turned to
Marx at 15”

Report Summary prepared by Soviet Russia Division
forwarded to Office of Security in March 1960

Department of State Instruction A-273 dated
13 April 1961

Department of State Dispatch from Moscow dated
May 1961 with enclosure of Oswald letter
Federal Bureau of Investigation report dated

3 July 1961 from Dallas, Texas

Note to CI/SI dated 28 September 1961

Form 745 “Indices Search Request” dated
12 October 1961

Department of State Dispatch #317 from Moscow
dated 12 October 1961 with enclosure

Form G-135a Immigration and Naturalization
Service name check form to Central Intelligence
Agency dated 5 December 1961 ,

'Navy Department message to Moscow dated

3 March 1962: oo

Department of the Navy memorandum to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation dated 26 April 1962 with
enclosure

The Washington Post press clipping dated
9 June 1962 entitled “Third American in 2 Months


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Leaves Soviet ‘Home’”

s. Federal Bureau of Investigation transmittal
of report from Dallas, Texas, dated 30 August
1962.

8. In addition to those documents listed above, the
following documents were located in a subsequent. volume of
the Oswald file and also appear to predate the assassination
of President. Kennedy.

t. Undated summary of file information on Lee
Harvey Oswald : ;

u. Incoming cable #83858 from Mexico City dated
20 July 1963 (no mention of Oswald)

v. Incoming cable #01325 from Mexico City dated
17 August 1963 (no mention of Oswald)

w. Incoming cable #36017 from Mexico City dated
9 October 1963

x. Outgoing cable #74830 to Mexico City dated
10 October 1963

y. Incoming cable #47041 from Mexico City dated
24 October 1963 (no mention of Oswald).

Question 4: To the extent that Counterintelligence
and the Office of Security maintained pre-assassination
files on Oswald, please explain why those offices
maintained files on Oswald prior to the assassination.
In answering this question, please make appropriate
references to the Clandestine Servi'ces Handbook (CSHB)
and to any other materials (including organizational
charts) that would help explain the jurisdictional and
organization reasons for which CI and OS would have
maintained such files.

Response: It is believed that OS holdings on ,Lee
Harvey Oswald began in 1959 with his travel to Russia during
which he renounced his US citizenship. Oswald was in
contact with the American Embassy in Moscow, and the
Department of State prepared reports on these contacts.

Most likely because of counterintelligence concerns, the
Central Intelligence Agency was included in the distribution
of these reports. In the beginning this material was
probably retained in the Defectors File. As the number of

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documents increased, a separate file was created to be the
repository of information on the alleged American defector.
There is a notation in the Defectors File that a separate
file exists on Oswald.

9. Both the Defectors File (#0341008) and the file of
Lee Harvey Oswald (#0351164) were handled by Marguerite D.
Stevens of the OS/Security Research Staff during the pre-
assassination time frame. Of the documents listed above, a
majority of them contain a notation or the initials of
Marguerite D. Stevens, leading one to believe she was the
officer responsible for the collection, analysis, and filing
of this information.

10. The Security Research Staff (SRS) was the
component responsible for collecting, developing, and
evaluating information of a counterintelligence nature to
detect and/or. prevent penetration of the Agency's
organization, employees, and activities by foreign or
domestic organizations or individuals. SRS conducted
research in connection with employee loyalty cases and
Maintained records identifying personalities, environments,
and personal traits of individuals who had been of
counterintelligence interest over the years. SRS maintained
liaison with various government agencies in connection with
counterintelligence activities and coordinated the oS
counterintelligence effort throughout OS. Using
organizational charts of this time period, SRS reported
Girectly to the office of the Director of Security.

11. A representataive of the Office of Personnel
Security /Management Staff was queried regarding the mission
and functions of SRS during the pre-assassination time
period. He made inquiries relating to the above request,
and the OPS/Information Management Officer retrieved retired
policy records for review. The information on the mission
and function of SRS was retrieved from the archived Office
of Security administrative and historical files as well as a
review of the security file on Marguerite D. Stevens.

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16 September 1998

MEMORANDUM FOR: Ms. Laura Denk.
Executive Director, ARRB

FROM: J. Barry Harrelson
JFK Project Officer, HRP/OIM

SUBJECT: CIA-16, Oswald Pre-Assassination Files

1. This is further to my letter of 24 December 1997 in
response to referent request.

2. That letter, was a partial response which provided
the Office of Personnel Security’s information. The
Directorate of Operations’ (DO) response was still pending.
The DO response was provided on 2 September 1998 and it is
attached.

3. Please note that both responses are contained in the
Agency’s Compliance Declaration dated 2 September 1998 at
Attachment V(2).

4. This completes the Agency’s action on CIA-16. If
you have any questions about this matter, please advise.

Sincerely,

Encl. A/S

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DO Response to Board Request CIA - 16
Oswald Pre-Assassination Files

The Directorate of Operations reviewed the DO
records to determine if there were any additional files
containing pre-assassination records relating to
Oswald. Research identified a document in the Oswald
201 which appeared to be a file inventory. The |
document identified CI Staff as the file custodian.

CIC has confirmed that all CI Staff holdings were
incorporated into the 201.

Prior t6 establishing a 201, any documents received
would have been placed in an operational interest file.
We found no reference to the existence of an
operational file. If such a file had existed, however,
it might not have been registered in the central index.
It was standard procedures that upon opening a 201, the
documents from an interest file would be transferred to
the 201. . .

Given that Oswald was a subject of the HTLINGUAL
operation, it is reasonable to believe that there was a
file on him. We destroyed all of the HTLINGUAL files
under court order, and no record was made of what files
existed. We did not review all of the DO record system
to destroy all copies of material which may have been
derived from HTLINGUAL material. We know, for
instance, that there are HTLINGUAL itens related to
Oswald in the HSCA sequestered collection

In sum, the 201 on Oswald contains all the
information we are aware of that we had prior to the
assassination.

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